His own salary had been little more than was needed for clothing and books.

That autumn it had been doubled and the editor had assured him that higher pay would be forthcoming.

He hesitated to tell the girl how little he earned and how small, when measured in money, his progress had seemed to be.

He was in despair when his friend Solomon Binkus arrived from Virginia.

For two years the latter had been looking after the interests of Major Washington out in the Ohio River country.